Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy Misdiagnosed as Systemic Sclerosis

Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy Misdiagnosed as Systemic Sclerosis

We present the case of a 53-year-old woman of Portuguese ancestry with a diagnosis of progressive systemic sclerosis (SSc), proposed for haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Clinical re-evaluation when assessing eligibility for the procedure led to the alternative diagnosis of familial a...

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Main Authors: Marcia Agostinho Pereira, Madalena Monjardino Lobão, Antonio Mesquita, Miguel Martins, Rita Ribeiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMC MEDIA SRL 2022-01-01
Series:European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Subjects:
hereditary
amyloidosis
transthyretin
scleroderma
polyneuropathy
Online Access:https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/3118

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